Canticles

can·tic·les

uncommon

noun

an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later

Synonyms

Song of Songs
Song of Solomon
Canticle of Canticles

Origin

A clipping of Canticle of Canticles, a calque of Latin Canticum Canticorum (“Song of Songs”).

Related words

Broader terms

book

Parts

Hagiographa
sapiential book
Old Testament

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noun
singular	canticles
plural	canticleses